BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:researchseminars.org CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:researchseminars.org BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Marci Harris DTSTART:20260930T160000Z DTEND:20260930T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T153552Z UID:Metagov/299 DESCRIPTION:Title: Popvox (Civic Tech for Public Servants)\nby Marci Harris as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\nInteractive livestream: https://us06web.zoom.us/ j/89433841305?pwd=lIX1rkSiVfqDd7hwwTUppQS8kDmbno.1\n\nAbstract\nThis semin ar will feature Marci Harris\, the Cofounder/CEO popvox.com AND popvox.org \, both with mission “to inform & empower people & make government work better for everyone."\n\n\nPopvox is a civic technology company founded by former legislative staffers. We know the realities of serving in a legisl ative body\, and we build accordingly.\n\n\nPOPVOX Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonpartisan nonprofit organization with a mission to help democratic inst itutions keep pace with a rapidly changing world. Through publications\, e vents\, prototypes\, and technical assistance\, the organization helps pub lic servants and elected officials better serve their constituents and mak e better policy.\n\nMarci will introduce her broader work\, but will take this opportunity to indulge her nerdy passion / irrational obsession with CSPAN\, "a great example of an industry coming together to voluntarily com mit to funding public services.”In this blog post from 2023\, she observ es that in the broadcast to cable transition\, companies supported a publi c interest version of their platform. No similar effort emerged with the r ise of social media. That’s a mistake AI should learn from.Marci is a re ally incredible lawyer and former Congressional staffer who is still tryin g to make the First Branch work for the 21st Century. Let’s welcome Marc i to Metagov Seminar.\n\nMore about Metagov Seminar: The Metagov Seminar  invites individuals working in online governance to present their work t o a community of other researchers and practitioners. Seminar topics inclu de\, but are not limited to\, computational tools for governance\, governa nce incidents and case studies from online communities\, topics in cryptoe conomics\, and the design of digital constitutions.\n\nThe seminar is inte nded for researchers and practitioners in online governance\, broadly defi ned. We welcome guests and curious members of the public. Note that the di scussion is moderated.\n LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/299/ URL:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89433841305?pwd=lIX1rkSiVfqDd7hwwTUppQS8kDmb no.1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR